art party

craft-party-017, originally uploaded by divadea.

My friend made two matching faux mokume gane technique photo frames - polymer clay on wood - at the crafting party this weekend. Yay!

stamping party

We had a fun crafting party at a friend's house this weekend.



I brought clay, but ended up doing the project du jour instead, which was a calendar. The pages fit into a flipped-around CD case to make a little desk calendar. I located (read "stole") some nice textured paper and various baubles to make mine.



It was a yellow sort of day. I went for the bright yellow for the page backgrounds, and then when I did finally get out the clay, the first color I picked up was also bright yellow. Odd.

The rest of the photos are at my flickr.

christmas with the little people

We had Christmas at my parents' house on New Year's Day. The little ones had a really good time with elephants and Hess trucks and stickers. What more could a person want?


Dad's new game


Trying on socks made by aunt Bird


Woohoo! A Hess truck!


Having a banana with dad

graham cracker houses

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

turtles

I love having friends over to clay with me! Here's Becky and her mokume gane turtles.



Anybody wanna come over?

Roni, me, Kim, Dar

Roni, me, Kim, Dar, originally uploaded by divadea.

adventure croquet photos

Here they are. As you can see, it was light when we started and quite dark when we finished. I lost. As usual.

The beginning:


The end:



To see a few photos of the middle, visit my flickr page.

adventure croquet

It's the latest craze. Really. You set up the croquet wickets in random places all around the house. If you're in a duplex, well then, the neighbors have to be in on it, too. Use bits of rain gutters for ramps and large dogs as obstacles. Mow designs in your lawn and leave some areas of really tall grass. Remember that the balls float, so feel free to play close to the pond. Oh, and most importantly, start at 9:00 PM and play in the dark.

And next time, take pictures.

we make stuff!

My friend Mirm came over and made this jewelry set out of my Dorothy beads. I think they turned out great.




My friend Roni came over and learned basic canework. She made an egg shaker!




My sister Bird made this peach set - hat and socks for a baby. Behold the cute.




When I can't decide what to work on, I make goddesses while I'm thinking. Here's Penny, Lacey, Gretchen, Purple Rose and Rainbow.


We make stuff.

behold the cute!

Just a few photos of my nephews from a month or so ago.


Here they are learning the joys of capitalism


Little JW in his favorite position. I think he's saying, "look how cute my tummy is!"


And big brother joins in the polymer clay fun.
Me: What color do you want?
J: Brown.
Me: Really?
J: Brown.
Well, he got gold and black, too, because that's what I was working with. It struck me funny, since most kids will choose bright colors. He's obviously going to grow up to be tasteful instead of dressing like a clown a la moi...